No Fear Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 12
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Enter ANTONY and
SCARUS
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ANTONY and SCARUS
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ANTONY
Yet they are not joined. Where yond pine does stand
I shall discover all. I’ll bring thee word
Straight how ’tis like to go.
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ANTONY
They still haven’t joined the battle. I’ll be able to see better
from that pine tree over there. I’ll let you know right away how
it’s going.
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He exits. |
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Alarum afar off, as at a sea
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Noises like a sea battle are heard in the
distance. |
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SCARUS
Swallows
have built
In Cleopatra’s sails their nests. The auguries
Say they know not, they cannot tell, look
grimly,
And dare not speak their knowledge. Antony
Is valiant and dejected, and by starts
His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear
Of what he has and has not.
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SCARUS
Swallows have built nests in Cleopatra’s sails. The fortunetellers
won’t say whether that’s a good sign or a bad one, but they don’t
look happy. Antony is valiant and dejected. His mood changes by fits
and starts; his checkered luck vacillates between hope and fear,
winning and losing.
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Enter ANTONY
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ANTONY enters. |
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ANTONY
All is
lost!
This foul Egyptian hath betrayèd me.
My fleet hath yielded to the foe, and yonder
They cast their caps up and carouse together
Like friends long lost. Triple-turned whore! ’Tis thou
Hast sold me to this novice, and my heart
Makes only wars on thee. Bid them all fly,
For when I am revenged upon my charm,
I have done all. Bid them all fly. Begone!
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ANTONY
All is lost! This treacherous Egyptian has betrayed me. My fleet
has surrendered to the enemy. You can see them over there throwing
their hats up in the air and drinking together like long lost
friends. Three-time traitor and whore! It’s you who have sold me to
this youth, Caesar. Now my war is only with you. Tell the army to
flee. Revenge on Cleopatra will be my last act. Order them to
escape. Go!
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